Went to the Goodwood Revival yesterday and watch the pre-66 F1 cars. No aero, skinny treaded tyres and lots of horsepower = sliding cars, lots of braking zone, sideways action and loads of overtaking - and that was only practice.
The BRM Anniversary display had an old Yardley BRM from the '70s, and the guy couldn't resist giving it some beans, so that too was sideways and sliding and faaaasssst! And, of course, we had Murray and James to do the commentary. You can see it all by looking at the old broadcasts from the BBC website. Sometimes I wonder if the the last 30 years have been any progress at all from a spectators viewpoint.
Don't care much either way who does the commentary, and neither should the BBC. I watch the racing and listen to Martin (you should have seen him yesterday in a 1950's Austin A35 Touring Car - the guy can drive!). The fact that you guys know all about it means you'll watch the coverage whoever they put up!!
Now, where's the boys Cox and Parrish and the MotoGP qualifying - real men doing real racing...
